Re: [linux-sh:02851] Re: dodes0c/d

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> kaz Kojima wrote:
>
> > I'd like to announce that a new version of our DODES can be
> > downloaded.
> >
> >   http://dodo.nurs.or.jp/~kkojima/junkyard/dodes0c.tar.bz2
> >   http://dodo.nurs.or.jp/~kkojima/junkyard/dodes0d.tar.bz2
> >
> > DODES is a tool to fake the binaries for other architectures
> > to run on the host, based on the remote execution.  ...
> >
> > The mechanism of DODES is very simple and perhaps a folklore.
> > It wraps execve() and makes a request of remote execution to
> > appropriate target machine which mounts the current directory
> > of the host via NFS.
>
>
> Yes, that's a very useful technique.  Thanks!
>
> It reminds me of the rpc.rexd service of Sun's NFS. 

I found an implementation of rpc.rexd at
http://www.bitmover.com/bitcluster/
(Thanks, Larry!)  Haven't tried it out yet, not sure what the license is,
I'm asking Larry now.

I may borrow dodes' execve wrapper and see if I can modify
it to do remote execution via rpc.rexd, just for fun.
- Dan

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